Monday, September 27, 2004

While Dali is most widely known as a painter this is not all he did. In this sculpture/ready-made/Earthware, Debris Christ, Dali captures the pain and torment of Jesus as he was crusified. It is plain to see that this resembles a human. The rooted tree as the head, the boat as the body, tree limbs as the arms and a combination of trees and tiles as the legs. But this is supposed to resemble more than just any human, it depicts christ while he is crusified. The body is in a crusifixion pose, with the arms out to the side. Very subtle hints that this is christ also are the roots of the tree that makes the head. They appear to resemble a crown of thorns. As for the meaning behind the actual objects used to make this, it is a small mystery to me, but I do have my theories. The use of the rooted trees could represent the death and decay of christ on the cross. The boat could symbolize that christ is a vessel for all the sins of mankind which he was crusified for. As for the tiles, well, thats anyones guess. I do like this piece and the way that Dali created and depicted this tragic event. His use of objects is ingenious and his vision is truely amazing.

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